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What is missing in the mainstream media landscape are background reports, essays, longer interviews, travel reports and what is called “investigative journalism”. What is perhaps boring are ideology-critical internal debates about the right line, i.e. hermetic, exclusionary language. Many people know that Marxian political economy is back in fashion. But …
“Every cannon that is built, every warship that is launched, every missile that is fired is ultimately a theft from those who are hungry and have nothing to eat, those who are cold and have no clothes. A world under arms not only squanders money. It also squanders the sweat …
China in ChartsConversation with Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai and Mick Dunford3/26/2024 – 1 hour
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/03/20/18864359.php In the period between 1999 and 2023, 14 states of the former Warsaw Pact were admitted to NATO in several stages: an increasing threat to the Russian Federation due to the ongoing shift of NATO’s eastern borders to Russian territory. In 2018, Trump terminated the Arms Control Treaty, the …
Capitalism is not in a position to solve the social and ecological crisis that it is causing. An open-ended transformation of the system is inevitable, and a struggle for transformation will be waged – especially against the fascist threat. Conscious reflection on the systemic crisis is the best antidote to …
In the period between 1999 and 2023, 14 states of the former Warsaw Pact were admitted to NATO in several stages: an increasing threat to the Russian Federation due to the ongoing shift of NATO’s eastern borders to Russian territory. In 2018, Trump terminated the Arms Control Treaty, the Intermediate-Range …
The difference between wanting to and being able to War in Ukraine By Peter Wahl [This article posted on February 20, 2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://makroskop.eu/06-2024/vom-unterschied-zwischen-wollen-und-konnen/.] Two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kiev’s highly anticipated offensive has not only failed, but the Russian …
The dark side of GodBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2022 is translated from the German on the Internet, Die dunkle Seite Gottes | Stimmen der Zeit.] Not only is evil returning, as Stefan Kiechle noted in the editorial of our May issue, but also talk of the “dark side …
Translated Jesuit articles from the 150-year old journal “Stimmen der Zeit” can help us understand fundamentalism, immigration, spirituality, sexual abuse, secularization, the role of the state and war and peace Looking at the planetBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2019 is translated from the German on the Internet,https://www.herder.de/stz/hefte/archiv/144-2019/12-2019/den-planeten-anblicken/.] A year …
Advent in fearsBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2020 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.herder.de/stz/hefte/archiv/145-2020/12-2020/advent-in-aengsten/.] Illness is not only an individual problem, but also a social one. In ancient times, this was particularly evident in the case of leprosy. This disease was inevitably associated with social exclusion. …